Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-13

on this account. Much of this is no
doubt due to a want Of proper care
and feed, and to q failure to send the
wool to market in q condition that
will insure the highest price. Even
with low prices, those who keep their
sheep in a good condition, so that O.
good growth is secured, and also take
proper care in marketing, find they
have been able to realize but small
profit.
A difference of sc per pound on each
fleece may make the difference between
realizing q profit and sustaining loss.
And in very many cases the greater
portion Of this difference is based up
on the condition in the preparation
OF the wool for market Farm, Field
and Stockman.
Notes.
tt is better to pillow deep in the fall
and cross-plow again in the spring, if
large quantities of fertilizers be used,
but the cultivator should be used fire.
quently in order to keep the earth fine
and free from weeds.
In the draining of sloughs straighten
the line of descent as much as posi-
BILE without too much digging. Be-
cause Nature forms water courses
crooked is no reason why man should
ollow the example blindly, however
good Natures laws may be generally.
An analysis of hop refuse shows it
to be worth 1852 per ton. Supple
mented by some phosphoric acid and
potash, it might serve in place Of barn
yard manure. The average barnyard
manure (partly rotten) usually con-
tains but O.5 per cent. of nitrogen,
O.26 OF phosphoric acid and O.6 ofpot-
ash.
Many farmers neglect to clear their
moving fields Of stones, sticks and
other distinctions to the moving ma
chine until the grass gets so high that
it is difficult, if not impossible to see
them and so the knives of the mower
are injured if not broken; this is very
poor policy, for on most moving fields
II the work be done before the grass
starts much, the labor OF removing
all distractions to the harvesting ma
chimes is comparatively light.
Test the corn for yourself whenever
you plant, using seed from the butt,
tip and middle. Individual expert
ments will give more information than
can be gained in any other manner.
Much Of manure dropped by COWS
yarded over night in the barnyard is
wasted. Unless the yard is welllitter-
ed the liquid excremenU is lost and the
solid droppings dry away until much
of their value is gone. Throwing the
manure in heaps and applying q little
dry earth to the heap daily, will pre-
vent loss.
John J. Thomas says that the most
rapid way Of obtaining a grass crop is
to SOW the grass seed alone without
any grain. II done early in the spring
on clean. well-prepared ground, we
may get cut OF hay the same year,
usually about two-thirds of full
crop, and q heavy one the second year.
1t will maze q difference whether we
SOW plenty of seed or only a small
quantity.
Intelligent and wlde.awake farmers
are more and more considering the i'm
portance of level culture for the corn
plant, says the Michigan Farmer.
In dealing with a. cellar in springy
ground, the first thing to be done to
make it dry, says the Sanitary Engi-
neer, is to provide some chance for the
water to run away before getting into
the cellar. This may be done by lay
ing g. two-inch tile drain-pipe in a
trench dug all around the foundation
outside OF the walls, and from onefoot
to two feet below the cellar floor.
Put this pipe together with mortar,
and cover it with cobble-stones to
keep out the dirt and sand. lit is not
practicable to lay the drain outside,
it may be lain inside ofthe cellar walls,
directly in the cellar floor; but the
operation of such drain is less eff.
Gent. The back filings of the cellar
walls should be porous enough to al.
low the water to go directly into the
drain.
Guineas and turkeys are excellent
| foragers, and destroy q large number
of insects in q season.
If YOU wish to raise q good many
fowls you must keep them in separate
small Aocks. Large numbers do not
flourish we'll together.
| If the calves and pigs were compell
| ed to forage IOf b lVlng, IKE Cno mems
they would soon become a nuisance
and fail to pay, yet the hen is some
times expected to lay under the most
adverse condition. If she is to pay q
profit she must receive the attention
necessary to enable her to perform al
that may be required of her.
When the cocks have been picking
each other until the combs and wat
ties bleed profusely, pour strong alum
water over their heads, which will
cause the bleeding to cease.
Copperas is a splendid medicine tc
keep on hand for poultry. When they
have the roup wash their heads with
a solution of it, and put some of tn,
solution in the drinking water as 6
tonic. 1t provides them with soluts
iron, which is necessary.